About Life - An investigation into the nature and meaning of life

The seed of this book appeared in an article published by Tolstoy entitled "Essay on Life" in the magazine "Russian Wealth", and Obolensky, Tolstoy''s friend, had often urged him to write it. Tolstoy says in one of his letters to him: "I am now writing thoughts about life and death and paraphrasing what I have read. This topic seems to me very important..." After a conversation between Tolstoy and...